Pure in Heart by Star and Crown

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Apr 15, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 15.

Pure in Heart.

By Star and Crown

THE cure for the evils of this life cannot be found in outward surroundings. These help, to some extent. But evil finds its birth in the soul's choices. To meet this want, Christianity is radical. The word of God reaches to the purposes of men's hearts, and thus seeks to control outward acts. Formalism makes the outside of the platter clean. The gospel makes the heart clean. It purifies the fountain from whence life issues. Outward influences may restrain in some degree, but no life can be made pure from without. The body may be surrounded by pure air, and yet be filled with disease. But let healthful lungs bring the pure air in contact with the blood which flows to the heart, and disease is driven out. Christ casts the devils out. The Spirit in the heart keeps them out, and so the life remains pure. Seek that inward purity. This only is purity. All else is delusion or deceit. This within, all else is harmless. Temptation may rage, but it must stay outside. It is dangerous only when it is permitted to rest within.—Star and Crown.